Grass Roots Meetings & Events U.S. appointed Howard Givner as its new managing director and head of Americas for the Meetings & Events Division. Givner founded and was executive director of the Event Leadership Institute, and founded event agency Paint The Town Red. He also created the mobile app Super Planner and was the co-creator of the Event Innovation Forum, a TED-style conference for industry leaders.
In his new role, Givner will lead the growth of the company and the team in its New York office. Grass Roots provides strategic meetings management services to Fortune 100 clients, managing meeting and event spend to drive efficiencies, cost savings and data analysis to improve clients’ ROI.
